Saints Are Diverse And All Around Us

For about a year now I have been piecing together stories of saints I have met over the last 50 years. Of the dozen or more lives I have written about I met them all but one. That is because Lois Howard Mashburn died two months before I was born. Lois’ father...

It’s Time To Get Serious About Synthetic Gasoline

I went into a cafe for a hamburger but soon discovered that I could not afford it. There was a sign on the wall that said: “Notice: If you are grouchy, irritable, or just plain mean, there will be a $10. charge for putting up with you.” Next I went down...

Rick Scarborough Re-visited.

The May 16, 2005, issue of Time magazine reported that Rick Scarborough “has been the kind of dedicated activist the GOP has to thank for much of its current dominance.” For the last dozen years this former student of mine, when I taught at Houston Baptist...

Christian ‘One-liners’ Have Powerful Message

Last Sunday I visited a neighborhood church–one of those small churches where folks of all ages come together for Bible study and worship; the spiritual backbone of American Christianity and culture. The bulletin for the service had some “Christian...